The equation isn’t complete.
The Caro St. controversy continues, going on some 20 years - becoming worse over the last 6 years while Barbara Haller was the district councilor. No surprise there eh.
The city did little to assuage residents’ concerns. Former city councilor Haller injected herself into the fray and screwed up so badly that City Manager O'Brien had to get involved. The WPD did nothing – held back by City Hall policy. Holy Cross laughed and told the residents to go leap off a bridge. And one package store owner laughed all the way to the bank.
Councilor Germain raised the issue of making the property owners responsible for their tenets (HC students) criminal activity. A viable solution, the city could have put pressure on them to do better, but slumlords being slumlords will do whatever they can to make money. Consideration for one's neighbor be damned. It's all about the money.
Perhaps a better solution would be to make the booze purveyor responsible. Not far fetched; there is case law. As you recall from your T&G lectures, a bar owner can be made liable if an employee sells a person drinks, becomes drunk and commits a crime (DUI, assault, murder, property damage etc.). The victim or their family can use civil law as recourse. Keep in mind, case law is already established with gun manufacturers, if their product is used in a crime they can be held criminally and civilly liable. The same reasoning can has been applied to alcohol related crimes - make the seller liable.
There are 3 package stores within a mile of Holy Cross College, one in particular is known for a very history of alcohol violations - selling to minors - Randell’s Package Store on Canterbury St. Link to Holy Cross crime stats. On disciplinary referrals: liquor law violations on public property are up 200% each year for the last 4 years. Thank local package store owners for being socially responsible.
Ask yourself, why would Bill Randell go out of his way to drum up support for a Holy Cross sports team? Who follows Holy Cross sports anyway? Can it be that Holy Cross students are his best customers. Strangely Bogus Billy’s businessman mindset is such that he wants to give back to Holy Cross for all the business, so support a HC team right? Why not give back to the neighborhood where he makes his profits? Na... not Bogus Bill.
Send the trouble maker a message: Boycott Randell's Package store on Canterbury St. High time the city woke up to the impact alcohol (in the hands of college students) has on law-abiding voting taxpayers.
Boycott!
